The EU has long viewed economic and institutional convergence as important goals, but the results thus far have been decidedly mixed, and there remain several open questions: How exactly should convergence be defined? How much convergence is necessary? What steps can be taken to improve...

Chapter1 An Analysis of the Factors affecting New-Generation Peasant Workers’ Decision-making of Vocational Training Participation —A Micro Perspective -- Chapter2 A Theoretical and Empirical Study on over-leaping the Middle Income Trap -- Chapter3 Middle Income Trap and the Innovation of...

ECONOMIC SYSTEM REFORM IN CHINA,- REFORM, DEVELOPMENT AND STABILIZATION POLICIES: THE CASE OF CHINA -- SMITH THEOREM, OLSON CONDITIONALITY, AND REFORM: AN INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS INTERPRETATION OF CHINA'S GROWTH PERFORMANCE DURING 1978-2008 -- CHINA’S OPENING-UP: IDEA, PROCESS AND LOGIC --...

1 Introduction -- 2 Comparisons of Chinese and Japanese Development Process from Economic and Politico-economic Perspectives -- 3 Trade, FDI and Economic Growth -- 4 Digital China: The Fourth Industrial Revolution with Chinese Characteristics -- 5 Agricultural Development in China: Comparison...

Most of the newly acceded central and east European EU countries are among the main beneficiaries of EU Cohesion Policy. The main objective of this policy is to improve the long-term growth and employment prospects of the supported regions, and thereby to support convergence towards higher...